Skate 3/Xbox one - EA server not available

I cannot connect to EA nation on my xbox one i have tried just about everything and nothing has worked, it was working in the morning for me but when i restarted my console the game was back to not connecting  to the servers, I have tried to find a way to link my xbox GT to my origin account to see if that would help but i cant figure out how to do it and everything online is outdated. If anyone can help with either of these problems it would be greatly appreciated.

Console: Xbox one

Type of laptop that has orgin on it: Mac